Thanks, TS. I am going to have to order me some pretty soon. The thread I was looking for had a link to a soldiers site that he set up and talked about all his gear he brought. The interesting thing was that he had tried several types of gloves and had one specific brand (of course I can't remember the name) that he said held up and were still going strong. He talked about hydration systems and boots, etc. I think it may have been another site I saw it on, but I think that I will take a look at the gloves on the link you posted.
As you can tell, it is sort of bugging me. I hate when I can't find something!!
EDITED TO ADD: they don't carry anything small enough for me according to the sizing chart. I got small hands. Dammmiit.